|
crow 音標拼音: [kr'o] n. 啼叫,烏鴉,雞鳴,撬棍
vi. 啼叫,報曉 啼叫,烏鴉,雞鳴,撬棍啼叫,報曉 crow n 1: black birds having a raucous call 2: the cry of a cock ( or an imitation of it) 3: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana 4: a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo [ synonym: { Corvus}, { Crow}] 5: an instance of boastful talk; " his brag is worse than his fight"; " whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [ synonym: { brag}, { bragging}, { crow}, { crowing}, { vaporing}, { line- shooting}, { gasconade}] 6: a Siouan language spoken by the Crow v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [ synonym: { gloat}, { triumph}, { crow}] 2: express pleasure verbally; " She crowed with joy" 3: utter shrill sounds; " The cocks crowed all morning" Crows \ Crows\ ( kr[= o] z), n. pl.; sing. { Crow}. ( Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called { Upsarokas}. [ 1913 Webster]
Crow \ Crow\, n. [ AS. cr[= a] we a crow ( in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[ aum] he; cf. Icel. kr[= a] ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[= a] wan to crow. See { Crow}, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus { Corvus}, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See { Caw}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is { Corvus corone}. The common American crow is { Corvus Americanus}. See { Carrion crow}, and Illustr., under { Carrion}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. [ 1913 Webster] Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The cry of the cock. See { Crow}, v. i., 1. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. [ 1913 Webster] { Carrion crow}. See under { Carrion}. { Crow blackbird} ( Zool.), an American bird ({ Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also { purple grackle}. { Crow pheasant} ( Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See { Coucal}. { Crow shrike} ( Zool.), any bird of the genera { Gymnorhina}, { Craticus}, or { Strepera}, mostly from Australia. { Red- legged crow}. See { Crough}. { As the crow flies}, in a direct line. { To pick a crow}, { To pluck a crow}, to state and adjust a difference or grievance ( with any one). [ 1913 Webster]
Crow \ Crow\ ( kr[= o]), v. i. [ imp. { Crew} ( kr[ udd]) or { Crowed} ( kr[= o] d); p. p. { Crowed} ({ Crown} ( kr[= o] n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. { Crowing}.] [ AS. cr[= a] wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr[ aum] hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [ root] 24. Cf. { Crake}.] 1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. " The cock had crown." -- Bayron. [ 1913 Webster] The morning cock crew loud. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure. [ 1913 Webster] The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] { To crow over}, to exult over a vanquished antagonist. [ 1913 Webster] Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. -- Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster] 229 Moby Thesaurus words for " crow": Homeric laughter, aphonia, artificial voice, bar, bark, bawl, be in stitches, beam, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blat, blow, blubber, bluster, boff, boffola, boom, brag, bray, break up, breathe, broken speech, broken tones, broken voice, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, buzz, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, call, cant hook, carol, caw, chant, charcoal, chatter, cheep, childish treble, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, choked voice, chortle, chuck, chuckle, clack, claw bar, cluck, coal, cock- a- doodle- doo, convulsion, coo, cracked voice, crank, croak, cronk, crow over, crowbar, cry, cuckoo, delight, drawl, drum, dysarthria, dyslalia, dyslogia, dysphasia, dysphonia, dysphrasia, ebon, ebony, exclaim, exult, falsetto, fit of laughter, flute, gabble, gaggle, gales of laughter, gasconade, gasp, giggle, gloat, gloat over, glory, go into convulsions, gobble, growl, grunt, guffaw, guggle, ha- ha, handspike, harshness, hawking voice, hearty laugh, hee- haw, hee- hee, hilarity, hiss, ho- ho, hoarseness, honk, hoo, hoot, horselaugh, idioglossia, idiolalia, impairment of speech, ink, iron crow, jet, jimmy, joy, jubilate, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, lever, lilt, limb, lisp, lisping, look big, loss of voice, marlinespike, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, muzzy speech, nasal tone, nasalization, nearly die laughing, night, outburst of laughter, outrigger, pant, peal of laughter, peavey, pedal, peep, pinch bar, pip, pipe, pitch, prate, prize, pry, puff, quack, quaver, raven, ripping bar, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, rodomontade, roll, rumble, scold, scream, screech, shake, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, sibilate, sibilation, sigh, sing, sloe, smoke, smut, snap, snarl, snicker, snigger, snort, sob, soot, spar, speech defect, speech impediment, split, split with laughter, squall, squawk, squeal, tar, tee- hee, thunder, titter, treadle, tremor, trill, triumph, trumpet, twang, tweet, twit, twitter, vaunt, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, wrecking bar, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yuck, yuk- yuk
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|